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In this video, you'll learn 20 of the most common words and phrases in English.
Hi everybody, my name is Alisha.
Welcome to The 800 Core English Words and Phrases video series!
This series will teach you the eight hundred most common words and phrases in English.
Ok! Let's get started! First is…
helicopter
So a helicopter is similar to an airplane. It flies but there's one propeller on top of it.
The CEO travels to work by helicopter.
black
Black is a color or rather black is the absence of color.
It's the darkest color that we have.
I have a black cat.
brown
So brown is a very natural color. It's very common on hair color and an eye color.
My hair color is brown, for example.
My uncle has a new pair of brown shoes.
gray
So gray is a very neutral color, it's between white and black.
Gray is not a very flashy color.
rest
So rest is a verb that means to take a break.
You can use it anytime you need to stop what you're doing for a short period. "I'm just resting."
hear
So the verb hear is used for any time you need to use your ears to receive information.
So this means you're not focusing your attention but information can enter your ear.
I can barely hear you.
want
So the verb want is used to express a desire for something.
We use it to talk about the things we would like to receive.
I want to eat cherries.
disgusting
Disgusting is an adjective we'd use it to describe things that we think are really really terrible, especially food or maybe even comments things that we think are really unacceptable.
Cockroaches are disgusting.
eleven
Eleven is the number that comes after ten.
This department store has eleven floors.
twelve
So twelve is the number that comes after eleven.
Twelve can also be called a dozen; when we refer to a dozen of something, we mean twelve of something.
It's twelve o'clock.
thirteen
Thirteen is the number that comes after twelve.
For many people, thirteen is an unlucky number so you might hear people having suspicions around this number.
She is thirteen years old.
e-mail
So email is a very common part of everyday life. Email comes from electronic and mail together.
What's your e-mail address?
cellular phone
So a cellular phone is a very common thing that many people have.
We often shorten this expression to cell phone.
With a cellular phone, you can make calls from almost anywhere.
text message
So a text message is any message that you send by writing text.
We commonly shorten this expression to just text.
She contacted me via text message.
mouth
So the mouth is part of the body. It's this part we use it for eating and for speaking.
You may also hear mouth used to talk about the part of the river that connects to the ocean.
Watch your mouth!
cheek
So the cheek or cheeks refers to this part of the body, this part of the face. So we have two cheeks, it's a countable noun.
Her cheeks are very red.
nose
So the nose is another part of the body, it's this part of the body right here, the nose.
My nose is stuffy.
notebook
So a notebook is usually a small book we carry around and we write notes in it, hence the name notebook.
I have a separate notebook for each class.
pencil
A pencil is something that we use to write.
This is a common analog tool that we use to write; lots of school children use these.
The pencil broke in half.
eraser
So an eraser is a tool that we use to remove pencil marks.
In some cases, you might find pens that also have erasers which can remove pen marks.
Can I use your eraser?
Well done! In this lesson, you expanded your vocabulary and learned 20 new useful words.
See you next time! Bye-bye!

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